Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs Pavel Kotov Prediction & Betting Tips - Belgrade, Serbia

Prediction published on 02/11/2024, 10:47  by Steve Ashfield | Modified on 02/11/2024 at 12:34 in Tennis Predictions

Seventh seed Tomas Martin Etcheverry begins his Belgrade Open campaign against unseeded Pavel Kotov. The winner will face either unseeded James Duckworth or a qualifier in round two. Time for our match prediction.

This is an indoor hard court tournament and Etcheverry is currently 39th in the live rankings. His most recent tournament saw him beaten Grigor Dimitrov in round two of the Paris Masters, though he did win the first set against the Bulgarian seed.

Etcheverry has lost three of his last four hard court matches and eight of his last nine have seen a tie-break played. Not since the US Open in August has he won two successive matches in an ATP Tour event.

Pavel Kotov is down at 75th in the live rankings. He lost in the first qualifying round of the Paris Masters, losing to Miomir Kecmanovic in straight sets. The Russian needs to beat Etcheverry for the first time to reach round two.

Their only previous meeting was in the Miami hard court tournament last year. Etcheverry won that in straight sets and only dropped four games.  He's not in good form at present and the Paris Masters loss was his fifth in a row with just one set won.

We tip Etcheverry to win this match.